Voyage du chevalier des Marchais en Guinée, isles voisines, et a Cayénne : fait en 1725, 1726 et 1727 : Contenant une description très exacte & très étendue de ces païs, & du commerce qui s'y fait. Enrichi d'un grand nombre de cartes & de figures en taille
by LABAT, Jean-Baptiste
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1730 Slavery Voyages 1ed Marchais AFRICA Whydah Maps Labat Sea Monsters 3v RARE
Jean-Baptiste Labat was a 17th-century Frenchman known for his eclectic interests including exploration. His most famous works concern voyages in America, the West Indies, and the Caribbean. In 1730, Labat published an account of the voyages of Reynaud Desmarchais, a captain of slave ship that sailed exclusively between the African Gold Coast and the West Indies.
'Voyage du Chevalier des Marchais en Guinée' describes many of the procedures and regulations that were involved in slave trade as well as the economic and commercial influence of slavery. In addition to discussions on slaves, Labat includes information on fish, animals, geography, and …sea monsters! (i.e., sharks).
These volumes from the 1730 first edition include 27 exquisite illustrations including a view of the coronation procession of the King of Whydah.
Item number: #22885
Price: $1250
LABAT, Jean-Baptiste
Voyage du chevalier des Marchais en Guinée, isles voisines, et a Cayénne : fait en 1725, 1726 et 1727 : Contenant une description très exacte & très étendue de ces païs, & du commerce qui s'y fait. Enrichi d'un grand nombre de cartes & de figures en taille
Paris : chez Pierre Prault, 1730. First edition.
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· Collation: Complete; 3 volumes
o Vol. I – xxiv, [2], 381 (i.e., 391), [1]
14 engraved plates (including engraved title page)
o Vol. II – [4], 364 (i.e., 366)
11 engraved plates
o Vol. III – [4], 350 (i.e., 366)
2 engraved plates
· References: Sabin 38414
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
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- Voyage du chevalier des Marchais en Guinée, isles voisines, et a Cayénne : fait en 1725, 1726 et 1727 : Contenant une description très exacte & très étendue de ces païs, & du commerce qui s'y fait. Enrichi d'un grand nombre de cartes & de figures en taille
- Author
- LABAT, Jean-Baptiste
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pierre Prault
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1730
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1730 Slavery Voyages 1ed Marchais AFRICA Whydah Maps Labat Sea Monsters 3v RARE, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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